Flight Simulator 2004/FSX

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Last modified: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 12:10:26 PM

New stuff, 3-11-09A couple of screenshots with the new MegaSceneryEarth Manhattan/NY area scenery (areas 001, 004, 005) in FSX  here. The MegaSceneryEarth site is here.
New stuff, 10-10-08: A couple of screenshots with the fsdreamteam KJFK scenery  in FS9 here

Scroll down or click for all of the screenshots.  FSX screenshots have FSX in the name, the others are FS9, both may have various add-ons, which I've tried to note in the titles. FSX shots are FSX SP2, FS9 is 9.01.040901.01, both running from XP Pro SP2.

Notes: Most screenshots were captured @ 1920x1200 or 1600x1200. The images are best viewed at the native resolution of your monitor.
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New stuff, 5-10-08
Added updated FSX shots of KORD, Seattle, San Francisco, KSFO and KLAX with AirNav Live Traffic X and Ground Environment X Enhanced (GEXn). Also, KORD is using the fsdreamteam O'Hare airport scenery , KLAX also has MegaScenery X Southern California.
New stuff, 4-20-08: Lots of hits for Yankee Stadium, they're here on this page, FS9 with the AeroSoft Manhattan scenery and MegaScenery New York, and one FSX shot with GEX  Enhanced.
New stuff, 3-07-08: FSX, UTX and GEX Enhanced comparison screenshots. There are new FSX screenshots with default scenery, GEX Enhanced 1.05 and Ultimate Terrain X 1.02 of BOS, DEN, SEA, JFK, DFW, SFO and LAX, as well as city views of Manhattan, Manhattan from over Yankee Stadium, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco here. If you got here by searching Google etc., and a particular location shot isn't what you searched for, or isn't here at all,  there's a reason. I'm updating the FS9 screenshots as time permits to include Ultimate Traffic, Ultimate Terrain where it works for me, other MegaScenery packages, more weather, etc. For the FSX pics, I'll be adding  shots with FS Traffic Live X, the MegaSceneryX SoCal, Las Vegas and Oahu packages, Ultimate TerrainX, and Ground Environment X Enhanced, better pics all around I hope.  I may even organize this as to FS9 and FSX areas, don't be holding your breath though ;-) Google et al. don't send the bots here all that often, eventually searches will comport with what's actually here.
New stuff, 1-28-08: Nothing whatsoever to do with the sims, just some nice first snow of the season  pictures from my friends on Whidbey Is. WA USA, hereI host the site, it's safe, ya know where to find me :)
New stuff, 1-19-08: FSX MegaScenery X Southern California video, streaming and downloadable, Win and Mac with FSX settings. In the air video with FSX w/MegaSceneryX SoCal. Requires some *serious* bandwidth.
New stuff, 1-01-08: FS9 and nVidia CP settings, Falcon Northwest machine specs, FS9 dual-monitor screenshots.
New stuff, 9-19-07: FSX screenshots w/ MegaSceneryX Southern California.   On a seperate page, 4 screenshots @ LAX.
New stuff, 8-19-07: FSX screenshots  prefixed with FSX. The only add-on is the FSGenesis Terrain Mesh for FSX . As always, click on the screenshots to see them at actual size.
New stuff, 8-10-07: Some new FS9 screenshots with Ultimate Traffic.  They're  prefixed with 'UltTraffic', down to the right on the page. Ultimate Traffic is fun stuff, a great add-on for FS9. If you've got a box with the horsepower to run your FS9 traffic settings maxed out, a note: you'll wait forever at most airports to take off ;-) I run Airline and GA @ 90 or so, keeps things busy, but not too busy. Also, running @ 100 will result in *lots* of go arounds, for you and everyone else. One little trick, to 'populate' airports: from the Options menu in FS9, set the simulation rate to 2x or greater. Grab a refreshing beverage, let it run for awhile, wait a bit more, reset the sim rate to Normal, fly and enjoy :-)  Seems when you first start FS9 it takes awhile for planes to show up, my experience anyway. 




New stuff made on the following rig.  A ~448KB .jpg of the Falcon innards in a new window is here, edited for name & ser.# on the interior Falcon sticker. Click to enlarge.

Falcon Northwest Mach V
Intel Core 2 Extreme  X6800 @ 2.93 GHz
EVGA 680i
4GB Corsair Twin2Xx2048-8500C5 EPP
BFG 8800GTX 768MB
1 x Western Digital WD2500KS 250GB SATA 3.0 Gb/s
2 x Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB SATA
3.0 Gb/s
2 x Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB SATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x Seagate ST3300620AS 300GB SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Zalman CNPS7000BLED-ALCU cooler
Silverstone 850W 'ZEUS' PS
2 x Dell 2407WFP
SB X-fi XtremeGamer
ViewCast Osprey-230 analog video capture card
Sony DVD-ROM
Plextor external PX-755UF DVD burner
Dual-boot XP Pro SP3 32bit/W7 Pro 32bit
More APC  uninterruptible power supplies than humans should have.  Seriously though, this kind of box needs a *minimum*   750VA,  1300VA isn't a bad choice.



The older screenshots below were made on the following rig:


Dell XPS 600  XP Pro SP3
Pentium D 955EE 3.46 GHz Dual Core/HT FSB @ 1066MHz 2 x 2MB Cache
2 x 1GB  DDR2 PC2-5300 @ 667 MHz
1 x OEM SAMSUNG HD160JJ/P  160GB SATA II/NCQ
2 x Seagate ST3160827AS 160GB SATA I/NCQ
OEM TSSTcorp CD-RW  TS-H292B,  SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615
EVGA e-GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCIe x16 
Dell  2007FP 20"   Dell 2407WFP 24"
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic   Too many 'helper' processes running...only 2 you need:  CTXFISPI.exe and DLLML.exe
Plextor 716UF external Hi-Speed USB2.0/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) DVD-RW/CD-RW
Viewcast Osprey 230 analog video capture card 

Scenery add-ons for the FS9 pics  are  BEV (BirdsEyeView), and Ultimate Terrain USA, the shots labled Aerosoft/Mega/BEV include Aerosoft ManhattanMegascenery NYC area (minus the city), and BirdsEyeView scenery, without UT USA.  Some also include Ultimate Traffic, they're labeled as such. The FSX pics have a variety of add-ons, also labeled.




All pics open in a new window, click in the window to view full size (you'll most likely need to scroll both H&V to see the entire pic). NOTE: If you've viewed a pic before, reload/refresh the new pic page when it opens, it's most likely been updated, but may still be in your browser cache.

Giant Stadium Dusk
JFK 31R Approach Dusk
JFK 31R Dusk
JFK 31R-Tower Day
JFK Planes Taxi Dusk
JFK Tower Dusk
LAX 7R Day
LAX 7R Dusk
LAX 7R Runway Dusk
LAX 7R Tower-Theme Dusk
The following LAX FSX shots also have FS Live Traffic X:
LAX Tower Day FSX/GEXn/MegaScenerySoCal X NE
LAX Tower Dusk FSX/GEXn/MegaScenerySoCal X NE
LAX Tower Night FSX/GEXn/MegaScenerySoCal X NE
LAX Tower Dusk FSX/GEXn/MegaScenerySoCal X  NW
LGA Approach Day
LGA Approach Dusk
AeroSoft/Mega Yankee Stadium Day
AeroSoft/Mega/ Yankee Stadium Dusk
Yankee Stadium Dusk FSX
Manhattan-Chrysler-MetLife Dusk

Golden Gate to San Francisco Dawn FSX/GEXn
Bay Bridge towards San Francisco Night FSX/GEXn
San Francisco from the East Dawn FSX/GEXn
SFO 10R approach Dawn FSX/GEXn
SFO 19L approach DawnFSX/GEXn
SFO 28L approach DawnFSX/GEXn
MIA 27L Dusk
MIA 27R Dusk
MIA TO Dusk
MSP Day FSX/GEXn
ORD 27L Day FSX/GEXn/fsdream/Live Traffic X
ORD 27L Dusk FSX/GEXn/fsdream/Live Traffic X
ORD Tower Dusk FSX/GEXn/fsdream/Live Traffic X
Seattle 747 TO Day
SEA Day FSX/GEXn/AirNav Live Traffic X
Seattle Dusk FSX/GEXn
Seattle Day FSX/GEXn
Seattle Day-2 FSX/GEXn
Seattle Night FSX/GEXn
SEA Landing Day
SEA Taxi Day

LGA  Approach Dusk-2
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV Manhattan Dusk
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV Manhattan Heliport
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV 737 towards Manhattan from the South
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV midtown Manhattan Day
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV over Central Park Dusk
Aerosoft/Mega/BEV midtown Manhattan from Jersey Dusk
UltTraffic LAX Night
UltTraffic SEA Dusk 1
UltTraffic SEA Dusk 2
UltTraffic LGA Busy Dusk
UltTraffic JFK Dusk
UltTraffic EWR string 'o pearls Dusk
UltTraffic LAX Day
UltTraffic LAX busy Dusk-1
UltTraffic LAX busy Dusk-2
UltTraffic LAX UltTraffic  goes nutz
FSX EWR Dusk 1
FSX EWR Dusk 2
FSX LAX  Dusk
FSX LAX Night
FSX LAX Night with VC



Flight Sim and Aviation Links

Avsig.com   The original, still the best real flying forum.
Avsim.com   Y'all been here, good stuff :-)
FlightSim.com  Same as above.
RealAir Simulations   Has a free C172 with accurate flight dynamics. The install instructions cover what needs to be set in FS to utilize the enhanced dynamics.
FS Nordic  An excellent library of FS 2004 files. This link will take you to the page with the Valmet L-70 Vinka,  a trainer with the RealAir flight dynamics. You'll need the FS 2002 file as well as the FS 2004  Flight Dynamics update file. Read the install directions in the update first as regards the fssound.dll in the 2002 main install (don't install it). I'd guess that the realism settings in FS for the RealAir C172 above would apply here also.



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